I’ve always wanted to do a proper coast-to-coast road trip across the US, although I’m not sure I’d want to spend 8 months on the road (this one started in May and wraps up at the end of this year… totally hardcore). Looking at the schedule, it looks – perhaps unsurprisingly – as though the 3DRV will be in Las Vegas for AU2014, so perhaps I’ll get the chance to see both the RV and TJ in person then.

The course is unfortunately pretty much over – the last day is August 17th, if you want to earn a certificate, although the material will remain available until August 31st, it seems – but I didn’t have the chance to go through it sooner. The good news is that the video lectures can be ripped through really quickly – I burned through them at 1.75X speed… when I watched one at normal speed I was stunned at how slowly everyone seemed to talk – and so it only took about 3 hours to work through the whole thing. Hopefully there’s still time for some of you to get the benefit of this course.

There are some quizzes to complete if you want to get a certificate of completion, as well as some optional written exercises that at this stage it’s too late to submit, of course. I found the course really interesting both from a technology – they spent some time looking at each of the technologies commonly being used for additive manufacturing – and a business – whether related to opportunities for product design or supply chain optimization – perspective. Very interesting stuff.